This report was produced as part of the Mind week and "Get it off your chest" campaign to improve mental health services for men. It summarises results of a survey of over 2,000 men and women on their mental health, coping mechanisms and help-seeking behaviours. Results of the survey are discussed under the following headings: seeking help; criminalising men's mental health - acting out and diagnosis; getting help - coping tactics and treatment; social support - family and friends; employment and the recession; gay men; black and minority ethnic men; age and men's mental health.
This report was produced as part of the Mind week and "Get it off your chest" campaign to improve mental health services for men. It summarises results of a survey of over 2,000 men and women on their mental health, coping mechanisms and help-seeking behaviours. Results of the survey are discussed under the following headings: seeking help; criminalising men's mental health - acting out and diagnosis; getting help - coping tactics and treatment; social support - family and friends; employment and the recession; gay men; black and minority ethnic men; age and men's mental health.
Subject terms:
men, mental health problems, mental health services, social networks, aggression, attitudes, black and minority ethnic people, coping behaviour, employment, gay men, gender;